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Report Stage Proceedings: 2 November 2010                

266

 

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, continued

 
 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  99

 

Page  230,  line  24  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘(6) or (9)’ and insert ‘(7) or (10)’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  100

 

Page  230,  line  28  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘(10)’ and insert ‘(11)’.

 


 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  101

 

Page  231,  line  14  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘32(5)’ and insert ‘31(5)’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  103

 

Page  231,  line  21  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘constituency returning officer’ and insert

 

‘CRO’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  102

 

Page  231,  line  29  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘32(5)’ and insert ‘31(5)’.

 


 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  104

 

Page  232,  line  15  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘7(7)’ and insert ‘9(7)’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  105

 

Page  232,  line  17  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘constituency returning officer’ and insert

 

‘CRO’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  106

 

Page  232  [Schedule  7],  column 2, leave out lines 19 and 20.

 


 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  107

 

Page  233,  [Schedule  7],  leave out lines 4 to 10.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  108

 

Page  233,  line  36  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘“constituency returning officer”’ and

 

insert ‘“CRO”’.


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 2 November 2010                

267

 

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, continued

 
 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  109

 

Page  233,  line  42  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘“constituency returning officer”’ and

 

insert ‘“CRO”’.

 


 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  110

 

Page  234,  line  3  [Schedule  7],  before ‘In’ insert—

  

‘In sub-paragraph (1)—

 
  

(a)    

for “CRO” substitute “relevant returning or

 
  

counting officer”;

 
  

(b)    

for “CRO’s” substitute “relevant returning or

 
  

counting officer’s”.’.

 
 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  111

 

Page  234,  line  3  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), for

 

“constituency returning officer”’ and insert ‘sub-paragraph (2), for “CRO”’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  112

 

Page  234,  line  7  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘“constituency returning officer”’ and

 

insert ‘“CRO”’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  113

 

Page  234,  line  10  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘“constituency returning officer”’ and

 

insert ‘“CRO”’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  114

 

Page  234,  line  12  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘“constituency returning officer”’ and

 

insert ‘“CRO”’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  115

 

Page  234,  line  15  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘“constituency returning officer”’ and

 

insert ‘“CRO”’.

 


 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  116

 

Page  235,  line  35  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘20A’ and insert ‘21’.


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 2 November 2010                

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The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  117

 

Page  235,  line  36  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘20B’ and insert ‘22’.

 


 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  118

 

Page  236,  line  18  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘“constituency returning officer”’ and

 

insert ‘“CRO”’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  119

 

Page  236,  line  29  [Schedule  7],  leave out from ‘sub-paragraph (4)’ to end of line 30

 

and insert ‘—

  

(a)    

for “CRO’s” substitute “relevant returning or

 
  

counting officer’s”;

 
  

(b)    

after “then” insert “lock the ballot box (if it has a

 
  

lock) and”’.’.

 
 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  120

 

Page  236,  line  31  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘“constituency returning officer”’ and

 

insert ‘“CRO”’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  121

 

Page  236,  line  35  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘“constituency returning officer”’ and

 

insert ‘“CRO”’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  122

 

Page  236,  line  41  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘“constituency returning officer”’ and

 

insert ‘“CRO”’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  123

 

Page  236,  line  43  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘(7)’ and insert ‘(10)’.

 


 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  124

 

Page  237,  line  2  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘“constituency returning officer”’ and

 

insert ‘“CRO”’.


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 2 November 2010                

269

 

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, continued

 
 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  125

 

Page  237,  line  3  [Schedule  7],  column 2, at end insert—

  

‘In sub-paragraph (4)(c), for “CRO’s” substitute

 
  

“relevant returning or counting officer’s”.’.

 
 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  126

 

Page  237,  line  5  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘20A’ and insert ‘21’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  127

 

Page  237,  line  5  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘“constituency returning officer”’ and

 

insert ‘“CRO”’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  128

 

Page  237,  line  6  [Schedule  7],  column 2, at end insert—

  

‘In sub-paragraph (4)(c), for “CRO’s” substitute

 
  

“relevant returning or counting officer’s”.’.

 
 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  129

 

Page  237,  line  9  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘20B’ and insert ‘22’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  130

 

Page  237,  line  9  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘“constituency returning officer”’ and

 

insert ‘“CRO”’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  131

 

Page  237,  line  10  [Schedule  7],  column 2, at end insert—

  

‘In sub-paragraphs (3)(c) and (5), for “CRO’s” substitute

 
  

“relevant returning or counting officer’s”.’.

 
 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  132

 

Page  237,  line  13  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘lock and’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  133

 

Page  237,  line  16  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘21’ and insert ‘23’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  134

 

Page  237,  line  16  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘“constituency returning officer”’ and

 

insert ‘“CRO”’.


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 2 November 2010                

270

 

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, continued

 
 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  135

 

Page  237,  line  19  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘22’ and insert ‘24’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  136

 

Page  237,  line  19  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘(3), for “constituency returning officer”’

 

and insert ‘(2), for “returning officer”, and for “CRO”,’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  137

 

Page  237,  line  24  [Schedule  7],  column 2, at end insert—

  

‘In sub-paragraph (3)—

 
  

(a)    

for “CRO” substitute “relevant returning or

 
  

counting officer”;

 
  

(b)    

for “CRO’s” substitute “relevant returning or

 
  

counting officer’s”.’

 
 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  138

 

Page  237,  line  25  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘23’ and insert ‘25’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  139

 

Page  237,  line  26  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘constituency returning officer’ and insert

 

‘CRO’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  140

 

Page  237,  line  30  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘24’ and insert ‘26’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  141

 

Page  237,  line  30  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘“constituency returning officer”’ and

 

insert ‘“CRO”’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  142

 

Page  237,  line  35  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘25’ and insert ‘27’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  143

 

Page  237,  line  35  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘“constituency returning officer”’ and

 

insert ‘“CRO”’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  144

 

Page  237,  line  38  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘26’ and insert ‘28’.


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 2 November 2010                

271

 

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, continued

 
 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  145

 

Page  237,  line  38  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘“constituency returning officer”’ and

 

insert ‘“CRO”’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  146

 

Page  237,  line  41  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘27’ and insert ‘29’.

 


 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  147

 

Page  238,  line  2  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘28’ and insert ‘30’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  148

 

Page  238  [Schedule  7],  column 2, leave out lines 2 to 48 and insert—

  

‘In sub-paragraph (1)—

 
  

(a)    

for the words before sub-paragraph (a) substitute

 
  

“The relevant returning or counting officer shall

 
  

retain, together with the documents mentioned in

 
  

rule 69(1) of the Scottish Parliamentary Election

 
  

Rules and rule 49 of the referendum rules”;

 
  

(b)    

in paragraph (a), for the words from “the

 
  

election to which” to the end substitute “the

 
  

election or referendum to which it relates and the

 
  

area to which it relates”;

 
  

(c)    

in paragraph (b), at the end insert “in respect of

 
  

the election, and a completed statement in the

 
  

form set out in Form 10 in Part 3 of Schedule 7

 
  

to the Parliamentary Voting System and

 
  

Constituencies Act 2010 in respect of the

 
  

referendum”.’

 
 


 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  149

 

Page  239,  line  3  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘53(1)(g)’ and insert ‘53(2)(g)’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  150

 

Page  239,  line  6  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘“constituency returning officer”’ and

 

insert ‘“CRO”’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  151

 

Page  239  [Schedule  7],  leave out lines 9 to 12.


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 2 November 2010                

272

 

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, continued

 
 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  152

 

Page  239,  line  13  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘68 and 69’ and insert ‘68, 69, 70 and

 

71(1)’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  153

 

Page  239  [Schedule  7],   leave out lines 29 to 38 and insert—

  

‘(i)    

in relation to a document or

 
  

packet relating to the Scottish

 
  

parliamentary election, rules 68,

 
  

69, 70 and 71(1) of the Scottish

 
  

Parliamentary Election Rules;

 
  

(ii)    

in relation to a document or

 
  

packet relating to the

 
  

referendum, rules 50 and 51 of

 
  

the referendum rules.”’.

 
 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  154

 

 

Page  239,  line  39  [Schedule  7],  leave out from ‘sub-paragraph (4)’ to end of line 42

 

and insert ‘for “CRO”’.

 


 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  155

 

Page  240,  [Schedule  7],  leave out line 9.

 


 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  156

 

Page  245,  line  5  [Schedule  7],  leave out from beginning to end of line 10 on page

 

247 and insert—

 

‘Scottish Parliamentary Election on 5 May 2011

 
 

Postal Voting Statement

 
   
 

Voter’s name*: [Voter’s name]

Ballot Paper Nos: [Ballot Paper Nos]

 
 

Constituency/Region: [Constituency/Region]

 
  

[Other identifying mark]

 

 
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